•Hold the bag and frame so the bag hangs from the frame (is not bunched around the frame). Slide the handle of the grass catcher frame through the slot in the hardtop cover as shown in Figure 8.
baffle, lift the rear discharge door on the mower. Remove the mulching baffle. See Figure 10 inset.
Mulch
Baffle
Grass
Catcher
Handle
Hardtop
Cover
Figure 8
Slide frame through this slot
Place hook | Rear Discharge | |
Door | ||
on slot here |
Figure 10
• To attach the grass catcher: Lift the rear |
discharge door on the mower. Place the hooks on |
the grass catcher into the slots in the handle |
•Press the rear frame into the two tabs at the back of the hardtop cover and the cross bar on the front frame into the channel on the front of the hardtop cover.
Phillips Head
Screw
Mounting
Bracket
Lock
Nut
Figure 9
•Place the mounting bracket under the front of the handle, with the tabs on the bracket facing up. Insert phillips head screw down through the hardtop cover and mounting bracket. Secure with hex lock nut. See Figure 9.
Attaching Grass Catcher To Mower
NOTE: Make certain cables are routed to the outside of the handle so they are not in the way when attaching the grass catcher.
•If your mower is equipped with a mulching baffle, it is in place on the mower. To remove the mulching
bracket assemblies. Release the rear discharge |
door. See Figure 10. |
• To remove the grass catcher: Lift the rear |
discharge door on the mower as shown in Figure |
10. Lift the grass catcher up, out of the slots in the |
handle bracket assemblies. Release the rear |
discharge door. |
WARNING: Never operate the mower unless the hooks on the grass catcher are firmly seated in the slots on the handle bracket assemblies, and the rear discharge door rests firmly against the top of the grass catcher.
Assembling Chute Deflector
(Optional equipment)
If your mower is equipped with the optional chute deflector, assemble as follows.
Tab
Rod
Push
Nut
Chute
Deflector
Figure 11
•Slide the rod into the upper edge of the chute deflector so the tab on the rod is toward the left side of the chute deflector. When assembled correctly,
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